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Chinua Achebe HLO 3RD
Vocab List 6 HLO
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10th Grade
04/11/2011

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denigration
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to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
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superannuated
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retired because of age or infirmity.
- too old for use, work, service, or a position.
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eradicate
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to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate
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overzealously
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too zealous
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cultural conflict
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disagreements between two cultural beliefs.
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benevolent
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characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
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pandemonium
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wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos
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emissary
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a representative sent on a mission or errand
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communal
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used or shared in common by everyone in a group
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cordiality
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quality or feeling;an expression.
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meager
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deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate
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brusqueness
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abrupt in manner;blunt;rough.
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interim
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an interventing time;interval.
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abomination
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anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
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arduous
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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clambered
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to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
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revel
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to take great pleasure or delight
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taut
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tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- emotionally or mentally strained or tense
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improvident
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lacking foresight; incautious; unwary
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capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
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rebuke
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sharp;stern dissaproval of.
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approbation
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trifle
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an article or thing of very little value
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wily
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full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
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malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
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